2021 puzzles

Happy New Year solvers! The 2021 3D crossword puzzles will be made available progressively throughout the year. The deadline to enter the prize draw for regular monthly puzzles will be the last day of that month. Extra puzzles will be added from time to time and will have later, mid-month deadlines.

Hints and tips for each puzzle will be published sometime in the middle of each month. Subscribe to the Hints & Tips newsletter to receive them by email.

Solvers who buy the calendar and correctly solve 12 puzzles by the due date each month will be eligible to enter our annual tie-break competition for the 2021 3D Crosswords World Championship. If you have been entering the monthly competitions, you can check your progress towards the tie-break qualification.

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April Extra 2021

by you

April Extra instructions

Deadline for entries: 31 May

June 2021 puzzle page
June 2021

by Imogen and Max Liversidge

June Hints & Tips

View June solution

2021 Puzzle of the Year

You are invited to vote for your favourite puzzle of the year from the 13 puzzles featured in the Calendar (the extra puzzle was Sirius and Enigmatist’s tribute to Araucaria) plus the August extra puzzle.

You are allowed to allocate a total of 3 votes. All 3 may be allocated to one puzzle, or two votes to one puzzle and a single vote to a second puzzle, or one vote each to three puzzles.

All our solvers and contributors are encouraged to vote. The only rule is that setters and designers don’t vote for their own creations, magnificent as these might be.

2018 Puzzles

MonthSetter / DesignerDownload
JANArachne / GinJAN solution
FEBVlad / BozzyFEB puzzle
FEB solution
MARShark / ChaliceaMAR puzzle
MAR solution
MAR ExtraEcologue / LogogriphMAR Extra puzzle
APREnigmatist / PicklesAPR puzzle
APR solution
MAYPasquale / PhilostrateMAY puzzle
MAY solution
MAY ExtraBozzius / BozzyMAY Extra puzzle
JUNAnax / PicklesJUN puzzle
JUN solution
JUN ExtraPicklesJUN Extra jigsaw puzzle
JUN Extra directed puzzle
JULNutmeg / AramisJUL puzzle
JUL solution
AUGTramp / etcAUG puzzle
AUG solution
SEPSiriusSEP puzzle
SEP solution
SEP ExtraEncotaSEP Extra puzzle & solution
OCTEcologue / LogogriphOCT puzzle
OCT solution
NOVCurmudgeonNOV puzzle
NOV solution
DECPuck / BozzyDEC puzzle
DEC solution
DEC ExtraSiriusDEC Extra puzzle
DEC Extra solution

2019 Puzzles

MonthSetter / DesignerDownload
JANArachne / PatchJAN puzzle
JAN solution
FEBNutmeg / JoltFEB puzzle
FEB solution
MARVlad / GinMAR puzzle
MAR solution
MAR ExtraPuck / BanterMAR Extra puzzle & solution
APRPasquale / MangAPR puzzle
APR solution
MAYCurmudgeonMAY puzzle
MAY solution
JUNEclogue / LogogriphJUN puzzle
JUN solution
JULQaosJUL puzzle
JUL solution
JUL ExtraSiriusJUL Extra puzzle
JUL Extra solution
AUGSiriusAUG puzzle
AUG solution
SEPSharkSEP puzzle
SEP solution
OCTEnigmatist / BozzyOCT puzzle
OCT solution
NOVAnax / etcNOV puzzle
NOV solution
DECPuck / AramisDEC puzzle
DEC solution

2020 Puzzles